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Mary Treen
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Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress, a familiar face who brought levity to the screen. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in the Hollywood of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
Early years
She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of attorney Don. C. Summers and actress Helene Sullivan Summers. In 1908, when Mary Louise was 11 months old, her mother sued her father for divorce on the grounds that he failed to provide for her. Her father died while she was an infant. She was reared in California by her mother…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Mary Treen (born Mary Louise Summers, March 27, 1907 – July 20, 1989) was an American film and television actress, a familiar face who brought levity to the screen. A minor actress for much of her career, she managed to secure a plain, unassuming niche for herself in the Hollywood of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Early years She was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of attorney Don. C. Summers and actress Helene Sullivan Summers. In 1908, when Mary Louise was 11 months old, her mother sued her father for divorce on the grounds that he failed to provide for her. Her father died while she was an infant. She was reared in California by her mother and her stepfather, a physician. Treen attended the Westlake School for Girls and a convent where she tried out successfully in school plays. Career During her career, Treen was seen in over 40 films. Among her film roles were Tilly, the secretary of the Building and Loan, in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and the role of Pat in the drama Kitty Foyle (1940) starring Ginger Rogers. Her longest-running role was as Hilda, the maid and baby nurse, in 64 episodes from 1962 to 1965 of the NBC and CBS sitcom The Joey Bishop Show. Earlier, in the 1954–1955 season, she was cast in thirty-eight episodes as Emily Dodger on the CBS sitcom Willy. Death Treen died of cancer in Newport Beach, California, July 20, 1989. She was 82. Her only survivors were distant cousins. One of her cousins was actor Mort Mills.
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BODY OF WORK
Mary Treen's Filmography
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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
as Self (archive footage)
Wait Till Your Mother Gets Home
as Mrs. Olsen
Goodbye, Franklin High
as Teacher
The Strongest Man in the World
as Mercedes
Paradise, Hawaiian Style
as Mrs. Belden
Who's Minding the Store?
as Mattress Customer
Fun in Acapulco
as Mrs. Stevers (uncredited)
Girls! Girls! Girls!
as Mrs. Figgot
The Errand Boy
as Commissary Cashier
Bachelor in Paradise
as Mrs. Bruce Freedman (uncredited)
All in a Night's Work
as Miss Schuster
Career
as Marie
I Married a Monster from Outer Space
as Mother Bradley (uncredited)
Rock-a-Bye Baby
as Nurse
The Sad Sack
as Sgt. Hansen
The Joker is Wild
as Heckler (uncredited)
Last Stagecoach West
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Mrs. Bates (uncredited)
Gun Duel in Durango
as Miss Henderson
Down Liberty Road
as Secretary (Uncredited)
Bundle of Joy
as Matron
Calling Homicide
as Flo Burton - Script Girl (uncredited)
The Birds and the Bees
as Mrs. Burnside
When Gangland Strikes
as Emily Parsons
Clipped Wings
as Mildred
Let's Do It Again
as Nelly
Dreamboat
as Wife in Hotel Bar (uncredited)
Sailor Beware
as Ginger
Room for One More
as Grace Roberts (as Mary Lou Treen)
The Stooge
as Ms. Regan (uncredited)
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Woman Selling Magazine (uncredited)
Young Daniel Boone
as Helen Bryan
And Baby Makes Three
as Pregnant woman
Let's Live a Little
as Miss Adams
The Snake Pit
as Nurse Jones (uncredited)
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
as Wife (uncredited)
Shed No Tears
as Hilda (Uncredited)
Merton of the Movies
as Gladys (uncredited)
A Likely Story
as Nurse (uncredited)
It's a Wonderful Life
as Cousin Tilly
One Exciting Week
as Mabel Taylor
Swing Parade of 1946
as Marie Finch
Strange Impersonation
as Talkative nurse
From This Day Forward
as Alice Beesley
A Guy Could Change
as Grace Conley
She Wouldn't Say Yes
as Train Passenger at Bar
Blonde from Brooklyn
as Diane Peabody
Don Juan Quilligan
as Lucy Blake
High Powered
as Cassie McQuade
Tahiti Nights
as Mata
Casanova Brown
as Monica Case, the Maid
Swing in the Saddle
as Addie LaTour
I Love a Soldier
as Cecilia 'Cissy' Grant
The Navy Way
as Agnes
Hands Across the Border
as Sophie Lawrence
Mystery Broadcast
as Smitty
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
as Lt. Sadie Schwartz
Flight for Freedom
as Newspaper Woman (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1943
as Janie
They Got Me Covered
as Helen
The Powers Girl
as Nancy
Lady Bodyguard
as Miss Tracy
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Dawn
Stand By All Networks
as Nora Cassidy
Between Us Girls
as Mary Belle
They All Kissed the Bride
as Susie Johnson
No Poster
Soaring Stars
as Autograph Seeker
The Night Before the Divorce
as Olga
Pacific Blackout
as Irene
The Great Man's Lady
as Persis
You Belong to Me
as Doris
Father Takes a Wife
as Secretary
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Martha
Kitty Foyle
as Pat
Rodeo Dough
as Mary
Black Diamonds
as Nina Norton
No Poster
Swing with Bing
as Herself
Queen of the Mob
as Billy's Nurse
Girl in 313
as Jenny, Hotel Maid
Double Alibi
as Hospital Switchboard Operator
Danger On Wheels
as Esme
First Love
as Agnes, Barbara's Maid
Dad for a Day
as Employment Agency Receptionist
Babes in Arms
as Receptionist (uncredited)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Mary
When Tomorrow Comes
as Waitress (uncredited)
A Star Is Shorn
as Patsy
Happily Buried
as Waitress
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
as Secretary
No Poster
Pride of the Navy
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Strange Faces
as Lorry May
I'll Give a Million
as Nanette
Young Fugitives
as Kathy
Always Goodbye
as Al's Bride-to-Be (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine
as Sugar Hatfield
Rascals
as Waiting Room Patient
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Miss Barkow
Swing It, Sailor!
as Gertie Burns
Change of Heart
as Stenographer
Missing Witnesses
as Woman Waiting in Lane's Office (uncredited)
Second Honeymoon
as Elsie
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
as Fan with Locket (uncredited)
Talent Scout
as Janet Morris
Ever Since Eve
as Employment Clerk
Marry the Girl
as Nurse locked in room
Dance Charlie Dance
as Jennie Wolfe
The Go-Getter
as Mrs. Blair
A Day at Santa Anita
as Mary Treen (uncredited)
They Gave Him a Gun
as Saxe
Maid of Salem
as Susy Abbott
God's Country and the Woman
as Miss Flint
Fugitive in the Sky
as Agatha Ormsby
The Captain's Kid
as Libby, the Housekeeper
Down the Stretch
as Nurse
Love Begins at Twenty
as Alice Gillingwater
Jailbreak
as Gladys Joy
Public Enemy's Wife
as Telephone Operator
Murder by an Aristocrat
as Florrie
The Golden Arrow
as Appleby's Secretary (uncredited)
Romance in the Air
as Blondie
Brides Are Like That
as Jennie
Snowed Under
as Secretary Taking Mike's Dictation (uncredited)
Colleen
as Miss Hively (uncredited)
Freshman Love
as Squirmy
The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
as Nurse Margaret Brody
Dangerous
Miss Pacific Fleet
as Violet Johnson - Butch's Girl (uncredited)
Broadway Hostess
as Nurse (uncredited)
Shipmates Forever
as Cowboy's Girl (uncredited)
The Case of the Lucky Legs
as Spudsy's Wife
I Live for Love
as Clementine
Page Miss Glory
as Beauty Shop Operator
Broadway Gondolier
as 2nd Irate Caller
Don't Bet on Blondes
as Owen's Secretary
Front Page Woman
as Nurse (uncredited)
'G' Men
as Gregory's Secretary (uncredited)
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Telegraph Office Clerk (uncredited)
Traveling Saleslady
as Miss Wells
A Night at the Ritz
as Isabelle
Sweet Music
as Woman at train station (uncredited)
Red Hot Tires
as Maggie
Maybe It's Love
as Secretary (uncredited)
Babbitt
as Miss McGoun
Happiness Ahead
as Bob's Friend Celebrating New Year's Eve
Blue of the Night
as Gamma Gamma Gamma Girl in Nightclub with Glasses
Viennese Nights
as Shocked Woman on Street (uncredited)
Surprise
as Mary - Oswald's Wife